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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,596, dated August29, 1882.

vApplication filed April 24,1882. (No model.)

To ttl whom it may concern Be it known that I,FREDER1GK SOHRADER, ofElmhurst, in the county of Du Page and State ot' Illinois, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Shirts; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecitication. v

'lhis invention relates to shirts having eyelets in front that are lacedby a cord, and an openingat one side ofthe front that is arranged to besecured by buttoningl in a manner that such shirt can be put on or takenoff without disturbing the lacingcord; and the improvement consists of ashirt the entire front of which is cut to be continuous with the bodyfabric,and which l'ront is re-enforced by back-linings and connected soas to form a double front that is provided with a lacingcordA and withthe opening at one side of the front that is arranged for buttoning, allas more fully described and specically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents an elevation ot' ashirt having my improvements; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation of a portionof the shirt, showing how the several linings are connected to theshirt-front.

Figs. 3 and 5 represent the patterns for the.

back-linings that are secured under the eyelet-laps ot' the shirt-front.Fig. I represents the pattern for the lining that is secured behind theeyelet-ilaps, and one edge of which is to form the button-hole fly;andFig. 6 represents the pattern for the strip of fabric stitched to theshirt-body at the edge of the slit for securing the buttons.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Adenotes the body of the shirt, which in front is cut with a centralslit, a, so as to provide two tlaps, B and G, and a side slit,b, thatdisconnects the tlap B from the shirt-body. Each iiap B and C, I linewith a piece, D and E, the shapes of which are shown by Figs. 3 and 5,and behind these flaps B and C and linings D and E, I attach a piece, F,in a manner that the edges of such piece F are secured by thesame seamswhich secure the edges of linings lD and E, and that the doubled-up edgeot piece F, next to slit I), will form y c, and is provided withbutton-holes d. The adjoining edges of tlaps B and C, with their liningsD and E, composed otl separate strips of material, have each a row ot'eyelet-holes for Stringing a laciug-cord,f,from the bottom end of theslit upward in the usual manner, the ends of which cord in this case arepermanently tied in a bow-knot at or near the collarband.

Astrip, G, as per pattern shown in Fig. 6, is secured by stitching tothe body ot the shirt at the edge ot' slit b, so as to form a flap thatwill lap under the edge ofthe shirt-front, and this flap G- has secureda series of buttons, h, one for each button-hole d in fiy c.

The collar H is ot' the usual pattern, and is Secured to the shirt-bodyin the usual manner. Ornamental stitching, as per dotted lines, may beapplied.

The advantages gained by the above-described arrangement are that forputting the shirt upon the person or for taking it oft' the buttons needonly be buttoned or unbuttoned, while the lacing-cord is leftintact;that a fancy shirt can be made with these practical improvements in themost economical manner, and that bythe threefold fabric in the front'the chest will be kept warm and well protected.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to construct a shirt with a bosommade integral with the body of the shirt, and such I do not claim.

What I claim isl. In a shirt, substantially as described,thecentrally-slitted and laced front being a continuation ot' the bodyfabric, in combination with the side slit arranged with a lappingstripwhich will lap under the shirt-front, and to which buttons are attached,and a buttonhole tly formed by doubling the edge of the lining F, whichis then stitched to the edge of the Hap B, as and for the purpose setforth.

2. In a shirt, substantially as described, the body fabric A, formingthe front, and having slits a and b, in combination With theliningstrips D E and aps B and C, that have eyeiet-holes for lacing-cordf, strip F, and a, button-hole y, a, and with lapping-strip Gr, securedto the edge of body A, having buttons h, the whole being constructed andarranged as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I ax mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK SCHRADER.

Witnesses:

F. W. KASEHAGEN, W. C. ADAMS.

